List of churches in Wrexham County Borough

This is a list of churches in the Wrexham County Borough area of North Wales. This list extends some distance from the city of Wrexham itself.

Active churches

Name	Community (settlement)	Dedication	Web	Founded	Denomination	Benefice	Notes
St Dunawd, Bangor-on-Dee	Bangor Is-y-coed	Dunod		Medieval	Church in Wales	Maelor Mission Area
Bangor-on-Dee Presbyterian Church	Bangor Is-y-coed			1867	Presbyterian
Holy Trinity, Bronington	Bronington	Trinity		1836	Church in Wales	Maelor Mission Area	Barn converted to church
St Mary, Whitewell	Bronington (Whitewell)	Mary	[1]	Medieval	Church of England	Marbury, Tushingham, Whitewell	Rebuilt 1830
St Paul, Pentre Broughton	Broughton	Paul		1888	Church in Wales	Alyn Mission Area
All Saints, Southsea	Broughton (Southsea)	All Saints		1884	Church in Wales	Alyn Mission Area	New buildings 1926, 1984 (newest was church hall)
St Mary, Brymbo	Brymbo	Mary		1871-1872	Church in Wales	Alyn Mission Area
Brymbo Methodist Church	Brymbo				Methodist	Wrexham Circuit
Christ Church, Bwlchgwyn	Brymbo (Bwlchgwyn)	Jesus		1877	Church in Wales	Alyn Mission Area 1961 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Acton Park, Wrexham
Capel Bethania, Acrefair	Cefn (Acrefair)	Bethany			Baptist Union
Capel Seion a'r Tabernacl, Cefn Mawr	Cefn (Cefn Mawr)	Zion, Tabernacle			Baptist Union
St John, Rhosymedre	Cefn (Rhosymedre)	John the Evangelist		1837	Church in Wales	Offa Mission Area
Rhosymedre Methodist Church	Cefn (Rhosymedre)				Methodist	Wrexham Circuit
St Garmon, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog	Ceiriog Ucha (Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog)	Germanus of Auxerre		pre-C19th	Church in Wales	Llansanffraid, Llanarmon, Pontfadog	Rebuilt 1845
Llanarmon Methodist Church	Ceiriog Ucha (Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog)				Methodist	Cymru
Capel Tabernacl, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceir.	Ceiriog Ucha (Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog)	Tabernacle			Presbyterian
St Mary, Chirk	Chirk	Mary		Medieval	Church in Wales	Offa Mission Area
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Chirk	Chirk	Sacred Heart	[2]	1905	Roman Catholic	Parish of St Richard Gwyn	Current building 1928-1929
Chirk Methodist Church	Chirk				Methodist	Shropshire & Marches Circuit
Capel Bethesda, Chirk	Chirk	Pool of Bethesda			Presbyterian
St Tydfil, Coedpoeth	Coedpoeth	Tydfil		1875	Church in Wales	Alyn Mission Area	Current building 1895. Facing closure[3]
Holy Family, Coedpoeth	Coedpoeth	Holy Family	[4]		Roman Catholic	Wrexham Cathedral	Building 1991
Capel Disgwylfa, Coedpoeth	Coedpoeth				Presbyterian
Coedpoeth Salvation Army	Coedpoeth		[5]		Salvation Army		Shares building with Catholics since 2004
Coedpoeth Evangelical Free Church	Coedpoeth		[6]	1954	Independent		Began in Brynteg as Rockwood Mission[7]
St Hilary, Erbistock	Erbistock	Hilary ?		Medieval	Church in Wales	Maelor Mission Area	Rebuilt 1860-1861
St Deiniol, Eyton	Erbistock (Eyton)	Deiniol			Church in Wales	Maelor Mission Area
St Mary, Bersham	Esclusham (Bersham)	Mary	[8]	1873-1876	Church in Wales	Wrexham Mission Area
Holy Trinity, Esclusham	Esclusham (Rhostyllen)	Trinity	[8]	1876-1877	Church in Wales	Wrexham Mission Area
Tabernacl Presbyterian Church, Rhostyllen	Esclusham (Rhostyllen)	Tabernacle			Presbyterian
Capel Ainon, Dolywern	Glyntraian (Dolywern)	Ænon			Baptist Union
St John the Baptist, Pontfadog	Glyntraian (Pontfadog)	John the Baptist		1847	Church in Wales	Llansanffraid, Llanarmon, Pontfadog
All Saints, Gresford	Gresford	All Saints	[9]	Medieval	Church in Wales	Alyn Mission Area
Gresford Methodist Church	Gresford		[10]		Methodist	Wrexham Circuit
Holy Trinity, Gwersyllt	Gwersyllt	Trinity		1850-1851	Church in Wales	Alyn Mission Area
Gwersyllt Congregational Church	Gwersyllt		[11]		EFCC-FIEC-AECW
Ffrwd Methodist Church	Gwersyllt (Windy Hill)				Methodist	Wrexham Circuit
St Chad, Hanmer	Hanmer	Chad of Mercia		Medieval	Church in Wales	Maelor Mission Area
St Chad, Holt	Holt	Chad of Mercia		Medieval	Church in Wales	Alyn Mission Area
St Paul, Isycoed	Isycoed	Paul		pre-C19th	Church in Wales	Alyn Mission Area	Rebuilt 1829
St David, Froncysyllte	Llangollen Rural (Froncysyllte)	David of Wales		1871	Church in Wales	Offa Mission Area
Trevor Parish Church	Llangollen Rural (Trevor)	Unknown		1772	Church in Wales	Llangollen, Trevor, Llantysilio
St Ffraid, Glyn Ceiriog	Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog	Brigid of Kildare		pre-C18th	Church in Wales	Llansantffraid, Llanarmon, Pontfadog	Rebuilt 1790
Capel Seion, Glyn Ceiriog	Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog	Zion			Baptist Union
Capel Soar, Glyn Ceiriog	Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog	Zoara			Presbyterian
St Martin, Llay	Llay	Martin of Tours		1923-1925	Church in Wales	Alyn Mission Area	First CiW church built following disestablishment
St Francis of Assisi, Llay	Llay	Francis of Assisi	[12]		Roman Catholic	Llay & Rossett
Llay Baptist Church	Llay				Baptist Union GB
Llay Community Church of the Nazarene	Llay		[13]		Nazarene
St John the Baptist, Bettisfield	Maelor South (Bettisfield)	John the Baptist		1851	Church in Wales	Maelor Mission Area	New building 1873-1874
Bettisfield Methodist Chapel	Maelor South (Bettisfield)				Methodist	Shropshire & Marches Circuit
St Mary Magdalene, Penley	Maelor South (Penley)	Mary Magdalene		pre-C19th	Church in Wales	Maelor Mission Area	Rebuilt 1899-1901
SS Deiniol & Marcella, Marchwiel	Marchwiel	Deiniol & Marcella		pre-C18th	Church in Wales	Maelor Mission Area	Rebuilt 1778
St Mary, Minera	Minera	Mary		C17th	Church in Wales	Alyn Mission Area	Rebuilt 1865-1866
St Mary the Virgin, Overton-on-Dee	Overton	Mary			Church in Wales	Maelor Mission Area
Our Lady & the Welsh Martyrs, Overton	Overton	Mary & Welsh Martyrs		1958	Roman Catholic	Wrexham Maelor	Congregation probably older
Overton Methodist Church	Overton				Methodist	Wrexham Circuit
Knolton Methodist Church	Overton (Knolton)				Methodist	Shropshire & Marches Circuit
St Thomas, Penycae	Penycae	Thomas		1877-1878	Church in Wales	Offa Mission Area
Capel Salem, Penycae	Penycae	Jerusalem			Baptist Union
Zion English Baptist Church, Penycae	Penycae				FIEC
Penycae Neighbourhood Church of the Nazarene	Penycae		[14]		Nazarene
Bethel Chapel	Rhosllanerchrugog		[15]	1840			Independent. Bilingual
St David, Rhosllanerchrugog	Rhosllanerchrugog	David of Wales	[16]	1878	Church in Wales	Offa Mission Area	Bilingual. Current building 1892, previously iron church
Capel Mawr, Rhosllanerchrugog	Rhosllanerchrugog				Presbyterian
Rhosllanerchrugog Salvation Army	Rhosllanerchrugog		[17]		Salvation Army
St Mary, Johnstown	Rhosllanerchrugog (Johnstown)	Mary	[16]	1893	Church in Wales	Offa Mission Area	Building 1928, previously used iron church from Rhos[18]
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church	Rhosllanerchrugog (Ponciau)				Baptist Union GB
Capel Penuel, Rhosllanerchrugog	Rhosllanerchrugog (Ponciau)				Baptist Union
Capel Bethel, Ponciau	Rhosllanerchrugog (Ponciau)	Bethel			Presbyterian
Christ Church, Rossett	Rossett	Jesus	[19]	C17th	Church in Wales	Alyn Mission Area	New church 1841. Present church 1891-1892
Christ the King, Rossett	Rossett	Jesus	[12]		Roman Catholic	Llay & Rossett
Rossett Presbyterian Church	Rossett				Presbyterian
Darland Evangelical Church	Rossett		[20]		Independent
St Mary, Ruabon	Ruabon	Mary	[21]	Medieval	Church in Wales	Offa Mission Area	Shared church with Catholics (see below) since 1980
St Mary the Virgin, Ruabon	Ruabon	Mary	[2]	1950s	Roman Catholic	Parish of St Richard Gwyn	First building (St Michael's) 1957, unsafe 1977. Building shared w CoE
Ruabon Methodist Church	Ruabon				Methodist	Wrexham Circuit
All Saints, Pen-y-lan	Ruabon (Bryn Pen-y-lan)	All Saints		1887-1889	Church in Wales	Offa Mission Area	Originally a private chapel
St Deiniol, Worthenbury	Willington Worthenbury	Deiniol		1736-1739	Church in Wales	Maelor Mission Area	One of the finest Georgian churches in the country[22]
Tallarn Green Methodist Church	Willington Worthenbury (Tallarn Green)				Methodist	Cheshire South Circuit
Capel Jerwsalem, Wrexham	Wrexham Acton				Methodist	Cymru
Capel y Groes, Wrexham	Wrexham Acton	Cross		1981-1982	Presbyterian		Replaced Capel Seion, demolished 1979
ChristChurch Wrexham	Wrexham Acton		[23]	1995	Ichthus		Meets in Acton Community Centre
Borras Park Evangelical Church	Wrexham Acton (Borras Park)		[24]	1971	AECW
St John, Rhosnesni	Wrexham Acton (Rhosnesni)	John ?	[8]	1894	Church in Wales	Wrexham Mission Area	Current building 1974
St Mark, Caia Park	Wrexham Caia Park	Mark	[8]	1961	Church in Wales	Wrexham Mission Area
St Anne, Caia Park	Wrexham Caia Park	Anne		1962	Roman Catholic	Wrexham Maelor	Congregation probably older
Rock Chapel, Caia Park	Wrexham Caia Park		[25]	c. 2015[26]	Assemblies of God
St Giles, Wrexham	Wrexham Offa	Giles	[27]	Medieval	Church in Wales	Wrexham Mission Area
All Saints, Wrexham	Wrexham Offa	All Saints	[8]	1910-1912	Church in Wales	Wrexham Mission Area
Our Lady of Sorrows Cathedral, Wrexham	Wrexham Offa	Mary	[28]	1857	Roman Catholic	Wrexham Cathedral	Pro-cathedral 1898, cathedral of Wrexham Diocese 1987
Capel Penybryn, Wrexham	Wrexham Offa				Baptist Union
Regent Street Methodist Church	Wrexham Offa				Methodist	Wrexham Circuit
Salisbury Park United Reformed Church	Wrexham Offa				URC
Bradley Road Evangelical Baptist Church	Wrexham Offa		[29]		FIEC
Wrexham Seventh-Day Adventist Church	Wrexham Offa		[30]		7th-Day Adventist
St James, Rhosddu	Wrexham Rhosddu	James	[8]	1874	Church in Wales	Wrexham Mission Area	Parish church 1886
Chester Street Baptist Church	Wrexham Rhosddu		[31]		Baptist Union GB
Rhosddu Methodist Church	Wrexham Rhosddu				Methodist	Wrexham Circuit
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Wrexham	Wrexham Rhosddu	Trinity	[32]	1908	Presbyterian
Wrexham Salvation Army	Wrexham Rhosddu		[33]		Salvation Army
Gateway Church Wrexham	Wrexham Rhosddu		[34]	2005	Newfrontiers		Meets on Glyndwr University campus
Wrexham Community Church	Wrexham Rhosddu		[35]	1987	Independent
St Margaret, Garden Village	Wrexham Rhosddu (Garden Village)	Margaret the Virgin	[8]	1927-1928	Church in Wales	Wrexham Mission Area
Bethel Presbyt. Church, Garden Village	Wrexham Rhosddu (Garden Village)	Bethel			Presbyterian

There is also one Welsh speaking church in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire,[36] another in Chester,[37] another in Birkenhead,[38] two in Liverpool,[39][40] one in Altrincham[41] and one in Manchester,[42] and the Welsh Presbyterian Church has an English-speaking church in Chester,[43] two on the Wirral[44][45] and one in Liverpool.[46]

Defunct churches

Name	Community (settlement)	Dedication	Web	Founded	Redundant	Denomination	Notes
St Peter, Brynteg	Broughton (Brynteg)	Peter	[47]	1895	2006	Church in Wales
St Paul, Berse Drelincourt	Broughton (New Broughton)	Paul	[48]	1742		Church in Wales	Converted to house 2010
St John, Brymbo	Brymbo	John ?	[49]	1837	1974	Church in Wales	Unstable 1870s, rebuilt 1891. Welsh church (St Mary's English). Demolished
St Alban, Tanyfron	Brymbo (Tanyfron)	Alban	[50]	1896-1897	2010	Church in Wales
Halton Mission Church	Chirk (Halton)		[51]	1878	pre-1998	Church in Wales	Converted to house c1998
St Peter, Rhosrobin	Gwersyllt (Rhosrobin)	Peter		1881		Church in Wales	Rebuilt 1898. Now a vet surgery
St John the Evangelist, Rhosllanerchrugog	Rhosllanerchrugog	John the Evangelist	[52]	1852-1853	2005	Church in Wales	Conversion to residential use beginning 2016
St Mary Magdalene, Tallarn Green	Willington Worthenbury (Tallarn Green)	Mary Magdalene		1851	2007	Church in Wales	Rebuilt 1872-1873
St Peter, Wrexham	Wrexham Caia Park	Peter	[53]	1910	C20th	Church in Wales	Now a warehouse
St Mark, Wrexham	Wrexham Offa	Mark	[54]	1856-1858	1956	Church in Wales	Demolished
St John the Baptist, Wrexham	Wrexham Offa	John the Baptist	[55]	1909	1998	Church in Wales	Demolished
St David, Wrexham	Wrexham Rhosddu	David of Wales		1889-1890		Church in Wales	Services in Welsh. Demolished

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